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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Sphaerobactrum

Sphaerobactrum Schmidt, 1920 (ref. ID; 2013)

Class Kinetofragminophora: Subclass Gymnostomata: Order Haptorida: Family Enchelyidae (ref. ID; 2013)

[ref. ID; 2013]
Body shape spherical, usually found in chains of 4 individuals (length of chain 600 um). Body covered in many short cilia. Oral aperture difficult to distinguish. With zoochlorellae in cytoplasm. Without a contractile vacuole but periphery of cell with many vacuoles. Macronucleus rounded, centrally located. Planktonic. Description based on single report in Germany.
Quote; Colin R. Curds "British and other freshwater ciliated protozoa Part I Ciliophora: Kinetofragminophora" Cambridge University Press, 1982 (ref. ID; 2013)
  1. Sphaerobactrum warduae Schmidt, 1920 (ref. ID; 1619, 3540) reported author and year? (ref. ID; 191)